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Sejarah dan Konsep Pembangunan Berkelanjutan sebagai Tujuan Sosial dan Prinsip Dasar Pembangunan Berkelanjutan

Konsep Sustainable Development atau Pembangunan Berkelanjutan pertama kali diperkenalkan sebagai tujuan sosial pada konferensi pertama PBB dalam bidang Lingkungan Hidup di Stocklom pada tahun 1972. Latar belakang diadakan konferensi tersebut dipicu oleh kekhawatiran global akan kemiskinan yang berlarut-larut dan meningkatnya ketidakadilan sosial, ditambah dengan kebutuhan pangan dan masalah lingkungan global serta kesadaran bahwa ketersedian sumber […]

Focus Group Discussion: Kajian Tindakan Karantina Hewan Dan Sentra Peternakan Berbasis Pulau Menuju Kemandirian dan Ketahanan Pangan, Kabupaten Lingga

Kabupaten Lingga, Kepulauan Riau, merupakan salah satu dari banyaknya daerah di Indonesia yang masih berjuang untuk melepas ketergantungan terhadap eksploitasi lahan tambang di masa lalu. Pulau Singkep, salah satu pulau di Kabupaten Lingga pernah berjaya akan pengelolaan penambangan timah sejak 1812 sebelum akhirnya BUMN timah terbesar kala itu, PT Timah Tbk menghentikan kegiatan penambangan timahnya […]

IISM and BGR Site Visit to Former Tin Mining Area in Singkep Island

Last October, 16-18, 2016,  Indonesia Institute of Sustainable Mining (IISM) represented by Rezki Syahrir together with the Federal Institute for Geosciene and Natural Resources (BGR) represented by Christoph Klein conducted a site visit to Singkep, Lingga Regency, and to Bintan, Bintan Regency, Province Riau islands . The visit came in the framework of research and […]

IISM and The German Embassy Work Program in Singkep Island

Since around three hundred years ago, Singkep island, which is located in the Lingga regency, Province of Riau Islands, had become one of the largest tin mine site in the world. However, as the mining activities undertaken by majority of local people and some mining companies have been closed, the former mining areas are left […]

IISM Site Visit to PT Bukit Asam in Tanjung Enim

As an institution which concern on sustaibnability issues in mining industry, IISM collaborates with PT Bukit Asam (PTBA) for a community-based agro-industry development project. The project is located on PTBA’s former coal mining land in Tanjung Enim, Muara Enim, South Sumatra. PTBA is a coal mining company with a great concern on environmental and social […]

After 6 months, Rehabilitation of Former Unconventional Tin Mine Site Looks Very Promising

Supported by the German Embassy in Jakarta, IISM developed a project of rehabilitation of former unconventional tin mining land using a method called BioRehab. The technique works environmentally friendly by optimizing the role of soil microorganisms with the aim to: neutralize the pH of the post-mining land, increase natural degradation processes rate, improve soil fertility […]